Belt



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BELT

Filed March 26, 1930 Jull ttfagy Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES WILLIAM CARL HEYER, OF MOUNT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WEAVER MANU- PATENT OFFICE FAGTURING COMPANY, INC., OF MOUNT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION F NEW J' ERSEY BELT Application. filed March 26, 1930.r Serial No. 439,043.

This invention relates to a belt for wearing apparel and more particularly to that type of belt embodying separate links of leather or other flexible material.

A purpose of my invention is to provide a. belt comprising link members secured together that is resilient and inexpensive to manufacture and well meets the needs of service.

A further purpose is to provide a belt comprising link members having openings, the belt to carry a. guide or keeper at one end and a hook at the other end, the hook being adapted to engage in the openings of the link members and hold the belt in place about the user.

A further purpose is to provide a belt which may be adapted to the use of any size of person by placing the hook end of the belt in the appropriate one of the openings of the link members of the belt.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims.

I have preferred to illustrate my invention by but one form, selecting a form that is effective and practical and which well illustrates the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved belt.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is al section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a. view illustrating the' formation of the linked members, showing the reverse side of the linked members to that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a view showing the formation of an individual link.

Figure 7 is a perspective view illustrating a single link in position to receive the cooperating link.

Describing in illustration and not in limitation and referring to the drawings -Belts have been made in the past by taking a number of individual link members, linking them together to form a continuous strand of a definite length and then fastening to the opposite ends of the strand a buckle and an apertured leader strap.

My improved belt is made of a series of interlinking members of leather or other desirable exible material, placing thereon, a keeper or guide at,y one end and a hook on the other end. henin position of use the two prongs of the hookmay be inserted into a pair of apertures formed in the links, to hold the belt in place 'to' any desired size. The advantage of this kind of guide and fastener will be obvious, and its easy accommodation to any normal waist will be of great advantage.

In Figure 1 the belt 10 is formed by placing a meta-l hook of link formation 11 at the start of a strand. The link 11 Vis apertured at 12 and 13. In these apertures 12 and 13 I insert the reduced front endsl 141of an adjoining fieXible link 15. rIhis link 15 has apertures 16 and 17 in the front end to be engaged by the adjoining link. This formation is continued until the desired length of strand r18 is obtained.

Ihen the desired length of strand is comf pleted I attach a leather strap or fastener 19 at the end of the strand by inserting its forward ends 2O and 21 into the apertures 22 and 23 in the end 24 of the strand 18.

At the rear end of the strap 19 a metal guide or keeper 25 is held in place by bending over the end 26 of the strap 19 and riveting at 26 theend 27 to the forward portion 28 of the strap.

It will be clearly seen in Figure 2 that the guide 25 is securely held in place upon the strand and the opening 29 in the keeper will allow for very easy movement of the strand 18 when it is desired to fasten the belt about the wearer, and at the same time the end 24 is very neatly held in place upon the wearer.

The individual link in the illustration is formed of a leather cutting such as is shown in Figure 6, in which the central narrow portions 30 and 31 flare outwardly towards their ends 32 and 33 to form enlarged portions 34 and 35. These enlarged portions 34 and 35 are perforated at 16 and 17.

At the forward end 35 I cut the leather along the line 36 to allow the ends 33 and 34 to be inserted into the perforations to form the links thereby completing the strand.

It will be evident that the double hook cooperates With the belt shown or With any belt having double apertures extending over a considera-ble range at the yend of the belt to permit engagement of both prongs, balancing the belt and affording a simplicity of connection difcult of attainment otherwise.

It Will be not-ed that the double apertures appear naturally and logically inthe belt itself Without requiring weakening of the belt by additional perforation or the addi-Y tion of parts.

It Will be evident thatthe keeper slides y along the used part of the body of the belt to support the free end in any position determined by the length of the end. i

In View of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain part or all of the benefits of my invention Without copying the structure shown, 4and I, therefore, Claim all such in so far as they fall Within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

I-Iaving thus vdescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Y l. In a belt, a strand made up of Wholly flexible folded perforated pieces having the ends of one piece passing through the perforations ofthe next to build up the length of the belt strand and providing openings for hook engagement Within the same perforation and a hook at one end of the strand corresponding in shape to the flexible pieces having tvvo prongs adapted to engage Within the apertures of the folded pieces of the belt.

2. In a belt, a strand of flexible perforated linked material made up of pieces having each piece perforated and the next piece passing through the perforation of the adjoining piece leaving the opening for hook engagement and making up a continuous belt strand and a hook conforming to the shape of the perforated pieces upon one end of the belt engaging one of the same apertures as are used in the pieces of the belt to make up the body of th-e belt.

WILLIAM CARL HEYER.

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